League of Legends Darius patch notes detailed

Along with the new champion Darius, the Hand of Noxus, today's patch also includes a slew of changes including changes to ranked solo/duo queue, an Ashe model rework, and a graphics update to Summoner's Rift along with the typical champion tweaks and balances.

Riot has said players should also see a better frame rate on the map, especially on low settings.

"It will completely depend on your computer and settings, but we've seen as much as double the old frame rate," Phreak said in the Darius patch preview. As a result, you will probably have to reset the settings for what's best on your computer.

While many of the major changes were highlighted in the patch preview, here is the full rundown of what's new in the League of Legends Darius patch.

New Skins in the Store

Lord Darius

Blackthorn Morgana

Tyrant Swain

PvP.net v1.60

Normal Draft Mode

Normal draft has changed so that premade groups are not prioritized over solo players

Solo players have a 20% chance of being the team captain with banning powers and first pick, regardless of the premade status of the rest of the team

If a solo player is not team captain, the player will be given a random slot in the pick order

If players group up before a game, their host absorbs all of their chances, i.e. the host of a 4-man premade has an 80% chance to be captain

Ranked Solo/Duo Queue

The Free to Play rotation has been removed from Ranked Solo/Duo Queue

Unlocked Champions that appear on the Free to Play rotation will still be playable

You may now rename your buddy groups by double-clicking the name of the group

Fixed a bug where some buddies would appear to be level 0 with no information

Fixed a bug where the sound at the end of Champion select would play too loudly

Fixed a bug where swap offers in Champion select would persist into your next game